Wallsend

Nicholas' birthday party featured a trip to a laser tag joint in the suburb of Wallsend. I took a stroll around the business district while he and his friends blasted each other with red light. The old bottles were featured among other dusty artifacts in a barber shop window. (Note that the insect repellent was manufactured in sub-tropical Brisbane.)
Like our neighborhood, Hamilton, which was originally called Pit Town, Wallsend was a coal mine site. James Fletcher made his money from coal and founded the hospital where Sarah works. There's a full-body statue of him in the park across from the hospital.